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Microsoft / Mistral AI partnership merger inquiry

Competition Markets Authority

May 21
10:32 2024

Statutory timetable

Phase 1 Action
17 May 2024 Decision announced
16 May 2024 Launch of merger inquiry
24 April 2024 to 9 May 2024 Invitation to comment

Phase 1

Found not to qualify decision

17 May 2024: The CMA has decided that Microsoft Corporations partnership with Mistral AI does not qualify for investigation under the merger provisions of the Enterprise Act 2002.

Launch of merger inquiry

16 May 2024: The CMA announced the launch of its merger inquiry by notice to the parties.

Invitation to comment: closed

24 April 2024: The CMA is considering whether it is or may be the case that Microsofts partnership with Mistral AI has resulted in the creation of a relevant merger situation under the merger provisions of the Enterprise Act 2002 and, if so, whether the creation of that situation may be expected to result in a substantial lessening of competition within any market or markets in the United Kingdom for goods or services.

To assist it with this assessment, the CMA invites comments from any interested party.

These comments should be provided by the deadline set out above.

Contact

Please send written representations about any competition or public interest issues to: general.enquiries@cma.gov.uk

Your name and contact details are your personal data. In collecting, receiving, storing, accessing and using your personal data, the CMA, as controller, is processing your personal data. The CMA processes personal data in accordance with data protection law. The CMA is processing your personal data so that it can contact you again, should it need further help or information from you, in order to carry out its merger work under Part 3 of the Enterprise Act 2002. For more information about how the CMA processes personal data and your rights relating to that data, please see our Privacy Notice.

Published 24 April 2024
Last updated 21 May 2024 +show all updates
  1. Full text decision published.

  2. Launch of merger inquiry and Found not to qualify decision published.

  3. First published.

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